Afflicted Quote by Kate Moore

“It made me realize how I needed to stop punishing her for something she couldn't help [...] because sometimes things happen to people and…

— Suzanne Collins

“She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have…

— Edward St Aubyn

“Don't punish yourself,' she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.”

— Markus Zusak

“I love her more than my life. What were you thinking, harming her? Didn't you understand that I'd have to kill you for it?”

— Cheryl Holt

“She is one of those people who have found serenity because they have never tried to dodge suffering.”

— Margaret Campbell Barnes

“Living, it seemed to her, was the acquiring of bad habits. Dying, the process of rescinding them.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I asked her if she believed in love, and she smiled and said it was her most elaborate method of self-harm.”

— Benedict Smith

“I suppose it’s a comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse damage to yourself then the world will ever dare inflict.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“You've used me to punish yourself, haven't you?" He watched dawning realization spread over her face, a confirmation more positive than anything she could…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“... she was sure that all those things she'd been taught abut feeling shame were wrong. It was not a curse to fully inhabit…

— Libba Bray

“She hadn't been hurt in any real way, had she? No one had treated her badly. I must just be overly sensitive to things,…

— Haruki Murakami

“They knew, though, she would not suffer as they had suffered. She was perfect. They were scarred.”

— Francesca Lia Block